Butte semi-weekly miner., 1887-04-02
a LESSON WITH A MORAL. Z
wnsn wul Our Eyes bo Openea To .,,-
Great National Calamity

The yesr 1886 played sad havoc with
many prominent men Of our countrv
MANY of them died without warn;n.
passing away apparently in the full flusb
of life.
Others were sick but a comparativel,
abort time. We turn to our flies and a..
estonished to find that most of thane e
died of apoplexy, of paralysis, of nerv'
and prostration, of malignant hlood
humor. Of Bright's disease, OF heart u dis
ease, Of kidney disease, of rheumatism
or Of pneumonia.
It is singular that most Of our promi.
nent men die of these disorders. Anv
journalist who watches the telegraph "a.
norts. will be astonislled at the numhs,
Of prominent victims of these disorder.
MANY statements have appeared in ON.
naper with others to the effect that tl,,
diseases that carried off so many prom;.
nent men in 1886, are really one disease
taking different names according to thu
location of the fatal effects.
When a valuable horse perishes. i,
becomes the nine days talk of tine sport.
ing world, and yet thousands of ordinary
horses are dying every day, their agg ..
Q8UE lO60 10 OAOAh hASN~S ~A~ wv lIlou
death creates no comment:
So it is with individuals. The cause
of death of prominent men creates coin.
ment, especially when 1t can be shown
that one unsuspected disease carries of
most Of them, and vet Z" vast numbers
of ordinary men and women die befor,
their time every year from the same
cause"
It is said if the blood is kept free from
uric acid, that heart disease, paralysis
nervous prostration, pneumonia, ,rheuma.
tism, and many cases OF consumption,
would never be known. This uric acid,
we are told, is the W. ste Of the system,
and it is the duty of tie kidneys to re-
move this waste.
We are told that if the kidneys are
maintained in perfect health, the uric
kidney, acid is kept out of the blood
and these sudden and universal diseases
caused by uric acid will, in . large
measure disappear.
But how shall this be done? 1t is folly
to treat effects. If there is any known
way of getting at the cause, that way
should be known to the public. We be-
lieve that Warmers safe cure, of which
10 much has been written, and 80 much
talked of by the public generally, is now
recognized by impartial physicians and
tho public as the one specific for such
diseases.
Because public attention has been di.
rected to this great remedy by means Of
some persons have not be.
lieved in the remedy. We cannot see
how Mr.. Warner could Immediately
benefit the public in any other way. and
his valuable specific should not be con.
because some nostrums have
come before the public in the same way,
any more than that all doctors should be
because 20 many of them
are incompetent.
It is astonishing what good opinions
you hear ON every side, of that great
and public opinion thus based
upon an actual experience, has all tho
weight and importance of absolute truth
At this time of the year, the uric acid
III the blood invites pneumonia and
and there is not a man who
does not dread these monsters Of disease i;
but he need have no fear of them we are
told, if he rid the blood of the uric acid
cause.
These words are strong, and may
sound like an advertisement, and be re-
ected ~ such by unthinking people, but
We believe they are the truth, and a
,uch should be spoken by every truth.
owing newspaper.
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